diff --git a/src/plugins/conditionWidget/components/ConditionWidget.vue b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/components/ConditionWidget.vue
index ce985d7cab..1d07e629b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/conditionWidget/components/ConditionWidget.vue
+++ b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/components/ConditionWidget.vue
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ export default {
   },
   mounted() {
     if (this.domainObject) {
-      if (!this.domainObject.configuration) {
-        // older versions didn't initialize configuration
-        this.domainObject.configuration = {
-          objectStyles: {}
-        };
-      }
-
       this.listenToConditionSetChanges();
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/plugins/conditionWidget/conditionWidgetInterceptor.js b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/conditionWidgetInterceptor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7318982ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/conditionWidgetInterceptor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2024, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+export default function conditionWidgetStylesInterceptor(openmct) {
+  return {
+    appliesTo: (identifier, domainObject) => {
+      return identifier.key === 'conditionWidget' && !domainObject.configuration?.objectStyles;
+    },
+    invoke: (identifier, domainObject) => {
+      domainObject.configuration = {
+        objectStyles: {}
+      };
+
+      openmct.objects.save(domainObject);
+
+      return domainObject;
+    },
+    priority: openmct.priority.DEFAULT
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/conditionWidget/plugin.js b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/plugin.js
index 182c8243a3..cca68d5972 100644
--- a/src/plugins/conditionWidget/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/conditionWidget/plugin.js
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
  * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+import conditionWidgetStylesInterceptor from './conditionWidgetInterceptor.js';
 import ConditionWidgetViewProvider from './ConditionWidgetViewProvider.js';
 
 export default function plugin() {
   return function install(openmct) {
     openmct.objectViews.addProvider(new ConditionWidgetViewProvider(openmct));
+    openmct.objects.addGetInterceptor(conditionWidgetStylesInterceptor(openmct));
 
     openmct.types.addType('conditionWidget', {
       key: 'conditionWidget',